Elisha mets



(No Model.)

E. MBTS.

KNOCKDOWN TABLE.

Patented Aug. l, 1882.

Fig. 3.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELISHA METS, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALE TO LOUISE LAMONT,

OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,081, dated August 1, 1882. Application filed May 23, 1881. (No model.)

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELISHA METS, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Knockdown Tables, which improvementis fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is mainly to divide the leg at the upper end by means of two equal longitudinal slots cut in adjacent faces of the leg and meeting at the axis thereof, which slots may allow the leg to be passed over or upon the angle formed by the joined ends of the rails. One part or prong of said bifurcated leg, when thus joined to the table, resting within the inner angle of the rails and the other prong resting upon the outer angle thereof, the said parts being held together by some simple fastening.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of the corner of a knoekdown table, showing the removable leg partially withdrawn; Fig. 2, a plan looking from beneath the table, showing more clearly the manner ot' joining the parts with the leg in section and Fig. 3, a detached figure, showing a manner of form ing thejoints between the tenons of the rails.

In the figures, A is a portion of the top board of a knockdown table, B and U the rails, and D the legs, all of which legs are made removable for the purpose of convenience and safety in packing and shipping. The rails are tenoned at their ends where they meet at the corners of the table preferably by having the wood cut away wholly upon the outside, leaving the several tenons, al, as continuous parts ot' the inside portions of the respective rails, enough being taken oi` of the inside of the rails to merely straighten them and make the sides of the tenons parallel and the tenons of uniform thickness. The adjacent tenons d are constructed to meet, and may be dovetailed together, as shown in Fig. l, squarely abutted and nailed, as shown in Fig.2, ton gued and grooved, as shown in Fi g.3, or mitered together or joined in any suitable manner in which they will be iirmly held and caused to stron gl y support each other when the legs are removed for packing, as above menseparated for a distance from the remainder,

of the leg by the said mortises. When the leg is put to its place upon the angle formed by the joined ends of the rails, as shown in Fig. 2, the part b rests within the rails and the opposing part of the leg on the outside ot said rails. A simple screw, c, clamps the whole firmly together, the leg having a broad bearing both upon the outside and inside of the rails and covering the joint between the ends of said rails.

Heretofore' in this class of tables when the rails have beenjoined at their ends the upper end of the leg has been formed to rest wholly within said rails, with in some cases an extra piece supplied upon the outside to cover thejoint formed at the ends ofthe rails. These constructions are objectionable, in that an extra piece or pieces are necessary in one case and on account of neither possessing sufcient strength. In the construction herewith shown and above described I claim superiority in strength, simplicity, and cheapness.

Tables having the legs placed within the angles of the rails, with plates covering the exterior angles and bolts holding the parts together, are not new,.being shown in Patent No. 171,322. Such a construction and arrangementof parts I do not claim.

I claim as my invention- The combination, in tables, of rails having their adjacent tenoned ends joined and fastened together, and a leg having a longitudinal slot or recess formed in each of two adjacent faces or sides of its head, said slots extending inward to and joining each other at the axis of the leg, and together constituting a space in which to receive the said joined ends of the rails, with means for fastening said rails vand leg together.

ELISHA METS.

Witnesses:

E. B. WHITMORE, FANNY GHRIsTMAN. 

